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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CRI/101 
23 February 2011 
 (11-0952) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  COSTA RICA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderí a, Servicio Nacional de Salud 
Animal , SENASA (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, National Animal Health Service)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Canned fishery products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Directriz SENASA-DG-D010-2010:  Regulación en 
materia de esterilidad comercial para conservas de productos pesqueros  (Directive 
SENASA-DG-D010-2010:  Regulatio n on commercial sterility fo r canned fishery products)  
Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  4 
Text available online at:  http://www.senasa.go.cr/asesoriajuridicadirectrices.html  
and http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/CRI/11_0602_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Directive establishes the requirements to be met by 
fishery products that are hermetically p ackaged and subject to a commercial sterility 
process. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] None G/SPS/N/CRI/101 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 
 [X] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: 
9. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal 
La Gaceta . 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  15 December 2010.  Official Journal No. 243 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  24 April 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal (SENASA) Centro de Información y Notificación en  Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias 
Apartado Postal 10094-1000 San José, Costa Rica 
Tel.: +(506) 2549 3454 
Fax: +(506) 2549 3599 E-mail: notificaciones@sfe.go.cr Website: http://www.senasa.go.cr/